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dioxin remains in the environment for many decades and causes a variety of health problems. several million vietnamese and american soldiers who fought in vietnam were affected by agent orange. their children and grandchildren continue to suffer the affects. dioxin remains in the soil of vietnam today and the land has yet to recover. my cabinet between one thousand nine hundred sixty six and sixty eight a lot of chemical was sprayed into wrong so on mountains and along the border with flowers and all. that they did i get it for them the hills were covered with large trees that yeah. thank. you all. now what libya after the chemicals were sprayed all the trees died from truong saw into acquiring tree forms he was going on not me not me we used to have many precious animals in this area we have a little bit you know actually i don't. know why. they were elephants and tigers bears and lions i want to bet that if they didn't make it on my back i got the idea they were precious birds including peacocks of my own. being much how i want to be they were all destroyed by the war not
dioxin remains in the environment for many decades and causes a variety of health problems. several million vietnamese and american soldiers who fought in vietnam were affected by agent orange. their children and grandchildren continue to suffer the affects. dioxin remains in the soil of vietnam today and the land has yet to recover. my cabinet between one thousand nine hundred sixty six and sixty eight a lot of chemical was sprayed into wrong so on mountains and along the border with flowers...
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continued, and i have made movies since then and speeches and gotten very heavily involved in promoting the environment and so on, but nothing is the same anymore because my personal life has been destroyed. so now -- destroyed because of stupidity, of bad decision making and this huge failure on my part and made a lot of people suffer because of that. so all of that is always on my mind. >> have you been taken aback by the extremity of some of the reaction? people treating you almost like a mass murderer, how dare you commit this hideous crime, when actually, you did what millions of men have done. i'm not excusing it, defending it, anything. i'm just trying to put it into some kind of context, that at times, you've been so battered by this. have you felt it's been too much or not? >> you know, i never tell the press what to write and what to say. they do what they do and i do what i do. and you know, i think that it is my doing. they didn't create this story. no one else created the story. i created it. it's my doing. i did not ever experience the severity that you just explained, but then again, you
continued, and i have made movies since then and speeches and gotten very heavily involved in promoting the environment and so on, but nothing is the same anymore because my personal life has been destroyed. so now -- destroyed because of stupidity, of bad decision making and this huge failure on my part and made a lot of people suffer because of that. so all of that is always on my mind. >> have you been taken aback by the extremity of some of the reaction? people treating you almost...
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so this is the most toxic and it can stay in the environment for decades to hundreds of years and it can accumulate in the food chain we found it and in fish and turtles and snakes in vietnam for example we're concerned about the dioxin because it appears that dioxin molecule for molecule is very toxic is very persistent it builds up by all accumulates in people and it can cause a number of health effects to people i think of cancers i think of. in the fish and sea or the inability to fight infections or cancer i think of and the current disruption or the such as diabetes or thyroid hormone problems. during the vietnam war many american soldiers were also exposed to agent orange veterans later experienced increased rates of cancer skin diseases and other ailments in one nine hundred ninety one the u.s. government finally recognized the effects of dioxin on veterans and passed the agent orange act children etc and seven also suffered severe health problems. mona edwards who lives in texas who lost her daughter gina to cancer in two thousand and eight. gino was thirty eight years old.
so this is the most toxic and it can stay in the environment for decades to hundreds of years and it can accumulate in the food chain we found it and in fish and turtles and snakes in vietnam for example we're concerned about the dioxin because it appears that dioxin molecule for molecule is very toxic is very persistent it builds up by all accumulates in people and it can cause a number of health effects to people i think of cancers i think of. in the fish and sea or the inability to fight...
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else before except you know that there are consequences to the land to the people to the environment that are felt for generations don't just walk away and say oh no are we we didn't do anything and you're on your own that angers me to no end. you know there's some fat cats in. one of these companies on tons and tons and millions of dollars who does not care that my life has been affected by this and that. who's going to hire me to be like a cover model when i look like this and who's going to you know look at me the same way as other women you know knowing that i can't have children they don't care when i when i look at pictures or see the results or read about the results of what's happened to the vietnamese people i'm kind of horrified. obviously agent orange is in their soil it's been in their generations and i gather that people are unable to leave and move away so it's continuing to affect their health and it's much more dramatic than anything that's happened to me it makes me look at myself and go i got off lucky by comparison. i feel that way about some of the other vietnam v
else before except you know that there are consequences to the land to the people to the environment that are felt for generations don't just walk away and say oh no are we we didn't do anything and you're on your own that angers me to no end. you know there's some fat cats in. one of these companies on tons and tons and millions of dollars who does not care that my life has been affected by this and that. who's going to hire me to be like a cover model when i look like this and who's going to...
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i believe that we will be better off if we protect this environment. and contrary to what the president says, i think their record on the environment is inexcusable and often shameful. these laws are not being enforced, have not been enforced, and the public health and the air and the water are paying the price. that's not fair for our future. i think our future requires a president to lead us in an all- out search to advance our education, our learning, and our science and training, because this world is more complex and we're being pressed harder all the time. i believe in opening doors. we won the olympics, in part, because we've had civil rights laws and the laws that prohibit discrimination against women. i have been for those efforts all my life. the president's record is quite different. the question is our future. president kennedy once said in response to similar arguments, "we are great, but we can be greater.'' we can be better if we face our future, rejoice in our strengths, face our problems, and by solving them, build a better society for
i believe that we will be better off if we protect this environment. and contrary to what the president says, i think their record on the environment is inexcusable and often shameful. these laws are not being enforced, have not been enforced, and the public health and the air and the water are paying the price. that's not fair for our future. i think our future requires a president to lead us in an all- out search to advance our education, our learning, and our science and training, because...
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this is a very complicated cocktail of biology, environment, and psychology. and it's not simply a behavioral choice. >> okay. let me play devil's advocate. no one chooses to be overweight? >> absolutely not, or anorexic. >> many people will say, you do, it's a lifestyle choice, food choices that you make. emmy, you're very much in the public spotlight, what are your thoughts on this? >> i definitely think that -- absolutely i agree with you, n. ndewct oyeit3 >wee intoalabt 3 % pchrasn ame and i know that it would be better for my kids. if i got it more under control. so i do feel a sense of guilt at times about that. >> okay. >> wow. i've never heard him say that before, don, ever. >> can we take that down? can we take that down, i'll get to it in a second. but isn't he saying the same thing as this guy is saying? that she's not a role model for young girls -- >> different. >> he's saying, i'm not a role model for my kids. >> it's not about role model, it's about getting to be a parent and stay around for a long time, it's about health. something i want to sa
this is a very complicated cocktail of biology, environment, and psychology. and it's not simply a behavioral choice. >> okay. let me play devil's advocate. no one chooses to be overweight? >> absolutely not, or anorexic. >> many people will say, you do, it's a lifestyle choice, food choices that you make. emmy, you're very much in the public spotlight, what are your thoughts on this? >> i definitely think that -- absolutely i agree with you, n. ndewct oyeit3 >wee...
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dioxin remains in the environment for many decades and causes a variety of health problems. and several million vietnamese and american soldiers who fought in vietnam were affected by agent orange. their children and grandchildren continue to suffer the effects. of. dioxin remains in the soil of vietnam today and the land has yet to recover. my village between one nine hundred sixty six and sixty eight a lot of chemical was sprayed into wrong so mountainous and along the border with laos. a good idea for them the hills were covered with large trees. yeah. thank. you after the chemicals were sprayed all the trees died from truong song to acquiring tree for one thing. i'm not. used to have many precious animals in this area yeah. yeah yeah yeah. yeah i thought they were elephants and tigers bears and lions i want to know. that guy right you know they were precious birds including peacocks. they were all destroyed by the war not only by bombs but by chemicals. in vietnam agent orange was only sprayed in the south but there are many victims in the north as well still they were e
dioxin remains in the environment for many decades and causes a variety of health problems. and several million vietnamese and american soldiers who fought in vietnam were affected by agent orange. their children and grandchildren continue to suffer the effects. of. dioxin remains in the soil of vietnam today and the land has yet to recover. my village between one nine hundred sixty six and sixty eight a lot of chemical was sprayed into wrong so mountainous and along the border with laos. a...
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that is progress on the environment. we are committed to the environment. i take my children hiking and fishing, walking in the woods, the wilderness. believe me, we have a commitment to preserving the environment. you cannot help but think of the environmental policy of the governor of massachusetts. he talks about being an environmentalist. let me tell you about his environmental policy. the boston harbor, which is the dirtiest water way in america, tons of raw sewage go in there each and every day. what does the governor of missouri what has the governor massachusetts done about that? virtually -- what has the governor of massachusetts done about that? virtually nothing. then he has the audacity to go down to new jersey. he has the nerve to dump waste off the coast of new jersey. who has the environment interests? george bush and i do. >> this late conversion is interesting to me. [laughter] [applause] he talks about boston harbor and he says he's not done anything. the fact is that the has a $6 billion program under way on waste treatment and it was thi
that is progress on the environment. we are committed to the environment. i take my children hiking and fishing, walking in the woods, the wilderness. believe me, we have a commitment to preserving the environment. you cannot help but think of the environmental policy of the governor of massachusetts. he talks about being an environmentalist. let me tell you about his environmental policy. the boston harbor, which is the dirtiest water way in america, tons of raw sewage go in there each and...
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pretty oblivious to the prevailing stimulus narrative but i did become aware because i write about the environment that the stimulus included $90 billion for clean energy leveraging another $100 billion in private capital. it seems like tycos. the united states was spending billion a year on clean energy before the recovery act. in 1999 washington completely knocked president clinton's high in the sky plan to spend $6 billion for clean energy. was dead on arrival. obama got $90 billion in his first months before his staff could find bathrooms in the west wing. just ridiculous. the stimulus was pouring unprecedented rivers of cash and renewables and energy efficiency and every imaginable form, advanced biofuel and electric vehicles and cutting edge research, smarter grid, cleaner coal, factories to make that green stuff in the united states. it was by far the biggest energy bill in history. kind of got me curious what else was in the stimulus everyone was laughing about. i did some investigative reporting with a google search. i learned that the stimulus had also launched race to the top which was
pretty oblivious to the prevailing stimulus narrative but i did become aware because i write about the environment that the stimulus included $90 billion for clean energy leveraging another $100 billion in private capital. it seems like tycos. the united states was spending billion a year on clean energy before the recovery act. in 1999 washington completely knocked president clinton's high in the sky plan to spend $6 billion for clean energy. was dead on arrival. obama got $90 billion in his...
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at the end of the day it's all about the environment. wait. no it's not. melissa: all right. so, when you are out shopping do you look for green products? you want to pay more? billing green is big business, but the federal trade commission is cracking down on how companies market their goods. consumers like you and i don't get duped. the problem is that the green knight seems pretty vague and might end up hurting the business bottom-line. joining me now, expert maurice, president of reiss and greece. thank you for coming on the show to me it kind of makes sense. anybody can say their product is green if it is trendy. it's like organic. you put it on anything and people want to buy it. >> well, yes. but that is assuming consumers are really stupid. they just buy everything. and you know what, consumers are skeptical. and like you said, they are actually less willing to buy things that are green and not willing to spend more money in a lot of cases. the biggest issue is green is on everything. makes it less powerful, and they are extremely skeptical. wind we need all this new
at the end of the day it's all about the environment. wait. no it's not. melissa: all right. so, when you are out shopping do you look for green products? you want to pay more? billing green is big business, but the federal trade commission is cracking down on how companies market their goods. consumers like you and i don't get duped. the problem is that the green knight seems pretty vague and might end up hurting the business bottom-line. joining me now, expert maurice, president of reiss and...
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for energy purposes, but to make sure it is clean coal and it is going to be less destructive to the environment or whatever. so that's the argument you'll hear from the romney folks, from those who support that part of the energy industry. i do think that as he gets closer and closer and if you take a look at the thrust of what he was saying in the debate and the argument he's been flip-flopping, etch-a-sketch moment, he's gone from appealing to the far right to appealing now to the independents, and the center, that certainly did come through, but it is by no means unusual. republicans in seeking the nomination always run to the right. when they get it, they run to the center. democrats often do exactly the same thing, seeking the nomination, they run to the left. they get it and move to the center. that's -- i've been covering politics for a long time. i'm not surprised by any of this. they want to get elected. they're politicians. that's what they do. >> i got to wrap it there. smack out of time. that clean coal scene, there is a big conversation to be held there. wolf blitzer as always, my
for energy purposes, but to make sure it is clean coal and it is going to be less destructive to the environment or whatever. so that's the argument you'll hear from the romney folks, from those who support that part of the energy industry. i do think that as he gets closer and closer and if you take a look at the thrust of what he was saying in the debate and the argument he's been flip-flopping, etch-a-sketch moment, he's gone from appealing to the far right to appealing now to the...
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and like the water machine it was designed to deal with the real environment. you can't go down to the local exxon station and say we're going to buy some fuel. it's any source that is local liquid we ran to villages in bangladesh making electricity off the cow dung. we hope to build a sterling cycle generator. especially if we build these large kiosks, we'll bring in ways to store it because in this kiosk we'll put in battery systems. we'll start with they do have access to electricity. and then as technology becomes more advanced as mutar we'll deliver downtown, and it will create jobs, it will create the opportunity for people to get information, and they'll be areas notice of this device, these kiosks that are kept cool. not only for beverages but for vaccine and medication. and these things will be connected to the internet, to the world. when we start bringing all the partners together there will be basic needs water electricity communication, healthcare. we think mobile training, you know, through mobile devices that did not exist before in that environm
and like the water machine it was designed to deal with the real environment. you can't go down to the local exxon station and say we're going to buy some fuel. it's any source that is local liquid we ran to villages in bangladesh making electricity off the cow dung. we hope to build a sterling cycle generator. especially if we build these large kiosks, we'll bring in ways to store it because in this kiosk we'll put in battery systems. we'll start with they do have access to electricity. and...
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. >> that's part of the problem in the environment that we're in. as we saw in the middle east and libya, everyone views the truth through their own prism and doesn't accept reality if it disagrees where they are. i don't think the moderator is going to do that. i think both sides are going to accuse the other side of not sharing the facts. they're both going to do that. at some point, they have to be called on it. they have to tell the truth to the american public. >> who makes that decision is the voters. i think voters are going to start penalizing people who don't cooperate. to throw in a little partisan barb, republicans wouldn't pass the president's jobs bill. this isn't about obama's record. this is about what's going on in washington. people are sick of it. the question is, who do you trust more to end that? and i think the odds are now with obama because people see obama as having tried at least to work the other side. i think we'll get to a better place. i think it's going to be after the election. when the voters start penalizing people f
. >> that's part of the problem in the environment that we're in. as we saw in the middle east and libya, everyone views the truth through their own prism and doesn't accept reality if it disagrees where they are. i don't think the moderator is going to do that. i think both sides are going to accuse the other side of not sharing the facts. they're both going to do that. at some point, they have to be called on it. they have to tell the truth to the american public. >> who makes...
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we're facing problems with the environment. i think what we will be doing over the next several weeks -- i am absolutely delighted the league is sponsoring the debates and we are able to now speak to the american public and address the issues and i was such as this. i think you will see a change. >> you have one minute to rebuttal. >> i was glad to get the vote of confidence from misses economic judgment. the other day she was a plant and she said to the workers, why are so many of the voting for the reagan-bush ticket? there was a long silence. she said, we delivered. that is the problem. i am not blaming her accept for the liberal voting record and enter the house. they deliver 21 and a half -- 21.5% interest rate. they delivered what they called malaise. they delivered interest rates off the chart. they delivered take home pay that was shrinking. we have delivered optimism. 6 million people are going back to work. 300,000 jobs a month of being created. that is why there was a deathly silence. they deliver the wrong thing. ro
we're facing problems with the environment. i think what we will be doing over the next several weeks -- i am absolutely delighted the league is sponsoring the debates and we are able to now speak to the american public and address the issues and i was such as this. i think you will see a change. >> you have one minute to rebuttal. >> i was glad to get the vote of confidence from misses economic judgment. the other day she was a plant and she said to the workers, why are so many of...
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. >> it's a target-rich environment, that obama record. >> it has to be romney, because the moderators won't be doing it. >> sean: it has to be romney. romney needs to know that going in. >> one thing i noticed during the primaries is that some people who were not romney supporters, david, would finally see him give a speech, and would email or say to me, well, you know, if he had been giving speeches like that all along. he was giving speeches like that all along. he is good. >> by the way, ask newt if he's a good debater. he's brilliant. >> sean: i'll be honest, if he doesn't hit newt as hard as he did in flat debates, i'll be debris. >> he has to refute obama's attacks. such as obama's comment, i didn't realize this economy was bad as it was. go back to 2009, he said it was the worst since 2007. every single thing obama says is refutable. >> sean: how many times has obama said we're in a recovery? getting better, better, better. >> you should be emailing this. >> you and i talk about this. in every recession before, recoveries are inversely proportional. the worst the recession, the
. >> it's a target-rich environment, that obama record. >> it has to be romney, because the moderators won't be doing it. >> sean: it has to be romney. romney needs to know that going in. >> one thing i noticed during the primaries is that some people who were not romney supporters, david, would finally see him give a speech, and would email or say to me, well, you know, if he had been giving speeches like that all along. he was giving speeches like that all along. he is...
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we'll see how well romney adapts to that environment. >> i'm hoping candy crowley gets more in there. she's much more political than jim lehrer. she'll say follow up on that, answer it. >> i think she will. she will be aware of all the critique of jim lehrer that's gone on. i think mark raises a very, very good point, as he so often does. the format for the next debate is a format that favors somebody who is more comfortable with people and who is a little more easy. >> can you fake it? >> well, you know, i think this is a form that -- >> can you fake it? >> i think you can fake it a little bit but not very much. i'm not sure mitt romney is going to be able to fake it. i think the president that we saw in denver the day after the debate is the president that we're likely to see in the town hall meeting coming up next time, and you're going to see joe biden unleashed, i think, in the next debate. >> that's going to be fun. >> maybe the most interesting of all of them. >> tout that one this week. biden is twice his age. he's a lot more friendly. he's almost like a big, you know, a big s
we'll see how well romney adapts to that environment. >> i'm hoping candy crowley gets more in there. she's much more political than jim lehrer. she'll say follow up on that, answer it. >> i think she will. she will be aware of all the critique of jim lehrer that's gone on. i think mark raises a very, very good point, as he so often does. the format for the next debate is a format that favors somebody who is more comfortable with people and who is a little more easy. >> can...
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. >> that's part of the problem in the environment that we're in. everyone views the truth through their own prism and doesn't accept reality if it disagrees where they are. i think both sides are going to accuse the other side of not sharing the sides. >> they're both they're going to do that. at some point, have to be called on it. >> who makes that decision is the voters. i think voters are going to start penalize people who don't cooperate. republicans wouldn't pass the president's jobs bill. this isn't about obama's record. this is about what's going on in washington. question is, who do you trust more to end that? and i think the odds are now with obama because people see obama as having try to work the other side. i think we'll get to a better place. i think it's going to be after the election. >> and this is the difficulty, always with governor romney is that, he wants to come across as someone who can work with the other side and of course, during the republican primary, he was the hard liner, the severe conservative, i suspect on wednesday
. >> that's part of the problem in the environment that we're in. everyone views the truth through their own prism and doesn't accept reality if it disagrees where they are. i think both sides are going to accuse the other side of not sharing the sides. >> they're both they're going to do that. at some point, have to be called on it. >> who makes that decision is the voters. i think voters are going to start penalize people who don't cooperate. republicans wouldn't pass the...